It’s Friday again, so it’s time to see what’s going on in the ‘sphere.

Optempo is reporting on one of the bigger stories this week, which is the recent restructuring of everyone’s favorite online auction site. These changes could bring about the end of eBay as we know it. One of the biggest changes is that sellers can no longer leave negative or neutral feedback for buyers. Doesn’t that destroy the whole purpose of the feedback system in the first place?

Nate Whitehill has some breaking news that will quickly make its rounds around the blogosphere. Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion. By combining their evil powers, Microsoft and Yahoo just might have enough muscle to topple the Google giant, pulling Yahoo out of the search engine basement. The full press release from Steve Ballmer is available on Nate’s blog.

Cameron from Career Ramblings recognizes that a major issue we all face is that of keeping motivated. In an effort to help us overcome these slumps, Cameron offers five easy steps to staying motivated. Remember, if you want to make some real money, you need to stay motivated all the time. “Motivation is not something that you should have every now and then.”

Jeff Kee prides himself in being creative. He prides himself in being innovative. But at the end of the day, he has decided that all computer suck equally. He doesn’t care if you’re rocking XP, Vista, or Leopard; they all suck and he has no problem telling you why.

The Rating Blog has a series of posts going on that are debunking myths left and right. One of the most recent entries debunks 10 Google Adsense Myths, including the myth that if you display Google Adsense, you’ll get in better with Google’s search engine rankings. Bzzz! Wrong!